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` Patented Apr..l 3 1,894.

Unirse STATES ATENT FFICE.

JOHN F. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE M. OHMERS SONS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASE R CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,477, dated April 3, 1894. Application iiled May Z6, 1893. Serial No. 475,574. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.- Y

Be it known that I, JOHN F. OHMER, a citi-v .zen oi' the United States, residing at Dayton, 1n the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases or Cabinets, of which .the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates .to certain new and useful improvements in cases or cabinets for filing away papers or documents, and the invention consists in an improvement upon the case shown and described in LettersPatent No. 348,930, dated September 7, 1886, and granted to Harry D. Pursell, and owned by The M. Ohmers Sons Company, my assignees of this present invention. The peculiarities of my invention will be hereinafter fully described and particularly l pointed out in the claims.

n In the accompanying drawings on which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts; Figure 1, represents a front view of my improved case or cabinet, with parts broken away to facilitate in the illustration; Fig. 2, an end view with the door thrown vopen and with some of the parts shown in section; 2nd Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line a: of

The letter A designates the top, B the bottom or base and C the ends.

The case is divided into a number of compartments or pigeon holes formed of vertical partitions, of which one is seen at D, and horizontal partitions as seen at E in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Grooved strips, ways or slides F extend horizontally across the case and receive the series of sliding lids or doors G. These lids are provided with knobs or hand pieces H by which they may be taken hold of and given a sliding movement from side to side. For instance, if one desires access to one of the inner pigeon holes, as at I, he will Slide the door G to the right, which, pressing against the next door to the right, would project the latter outside of and beyond the side wall C. If he desired access to the next pigeon hole to the right of the one named he would slide its door Gto the right beyond said side wall. If he desired access t0 either of the other pigeon holes on the other side of the center line the same operation would be performed. To close the pigeon hole I, he would take hold of the knob of the slide shown projected laterally beyond the wall C. Such knob he would push to the left, when the slide belonging in front of the pigeon hole I would move across it, and the projected slide would move across its pigeon hole.

In order to provide a place for the reception of the slides when projected laterally beyond the side wall proper I have formed a lcompartment J by carrying the front wall K and the rear wall L laterally beyond the Wall C, and have provided a door M, hinged at N, and having a suitable lock or other fastening device at O. A supplemental wall P together with the wall K forms a pocket or dust proof receptacle to receive the projected slides.

In order to look the several horizontal rows of slides all at the same time, that is to say lock all of the slides on one side of the center and all on the other side of the center I provide each half with a fastening device located respectively in the compartments J. This fastening device consists of a vertical sliding bar Q, slotted as shown -at R to receive headed studs which support it. This bar carries a series of fingers or projections S, one for each slide counting vertically. The wall P is slotted at intervals to permit the passage of the pins or projections S so that they may enter the space between the walls yP and K and thus prevent the slides fro mbeing moved outward.

In order to compensate for any shrinkage in the slides the pins or projections S are beveled as shown at T so that if the slides have contracted any they may be forced farther into the space between the walls P and K with a wedge-like action against the ends of the slides.

The compartments J form wardrobes or closets for garments, umbrellas, &c., or in which to place away stationery. By setting the bar Q so that its projections or pins will lock the slides and then locking the door M the pigeon holes will be securely closed against unauthorized persons. I may sometimes recess the walls K, as shown at K to accommodate the ends of the pins or projections S should they need to be forced that far.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a document file, the combination with horizontal series of pigeon holes, a like series of horizontal slides therefor, and a compartment at the end of the case, a partition in said compartment just back of the front Wall of the case so as to divide said compartment into a narrow space for the reception of the slides and into a larger space for other uses.

2. In a document case, the combination With horizontal series of pigeon holes, horizontal slides therefor, and a compartment at the end of the case divided into aspace foi-projected slides and a space for other uses, a door for said compartment and a locking device 1ocated within the compartment and adapted to lock all the slides at one side of the center.

3. In a document case having horizontal series of pigeon holes, horizontal slides therefor, a compartment at one side divided into a space to receive the projected slides and another space for other purposes, and having a door to admit of access to it, and a locking bar having projections adapted to extend into the first named space and across the ends of the adjacent slides.

4. In a document case having horizontal series of pigeon holes, a horizontal series of slides therefor, a lock for the slides located at thev end of the case and consisting of a slotted sliding bar having a projection or pin for each slide adjacent to it.

5. A document case having horizontal series of pigeon holes7 and horizontal slides therefor, a locking bar having beveled pro jections or pins, the sliding of the bar being adapted to move the pins or projections more or less across the adjacent slide.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOIIN F. OHMER.

Witnesses:

H. Il. PnUGI-r, D. I. PRUGH. 

